According to preliminary data, this was the warmest week in the world
– inform World Meteorological Organization (World Meteorological Organization) after June, when records were also broken by global warming caused by human activities and the first effects of the meteorological El Niño phenomenon.
The World Meteorological Organization said temperatures were setting records on both land and seas, with “potentially devastating impacts on ecosystems and the environment”.
We are in uncharted territory and expect more records to be broken if El Niño continues to worsen and its effects will be felt well into 2024.
– said Christopher Hewitt, Director of the WMO Climate Research Service.
El Niño is a weather phenomenon that occurs with a rise in water surface temperature in the eastern tropical part of the Pacific Ocean. According to the World Meteorological Organization, this year’s El Niño “will continue to be at least moderately strong”.
Thursday, July 6, was the hottest Thursday, July 6, with an average temperature of 17.08C, negligible by 0.02C, 0.01C Wednesday, and 0.01C, the European Union’s Earth observation programme, Copernicus, told AFP. Celsius. Friday by 1 degree centigrade. This streak of unheard of high temperatures began on July 3 (16.88°C), breaking the previous record set in August 2016. This was the warmest year ever recorded by Copernicus.
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